Stephen Walsh Teaching Podcast

This is Week 16 of our series "The Kingdom Code" where we explore the core foundational doctrines and beliefs of the Christian faith. 

This week, we're looking at our 14th doctrine of the series, the Doctrine of the Humanity & Deity of Jesus Christ.

Was Jesus man? or God? Or some mixture of the two? 

We are going deep this week. Political theory, religious history, this teaching has quite a bit of ground to cover. It's heading towards the idea that humanity all aspires to reach the everlasting, whether it be through massive political visions of the future through progress or revolution, or each moment we reach for it through satisfying needs. We all yearn for the everlasting. 

Jesus is the perfect union of the everlasting, become particular. It's one of the most foundational claims of Christianity: that Jesus was indeed, God's Son, raised from the dead, equal with God the Father. Jesus is the Word, who created all things, and all things come together in Him. Jesus is not only a great human teacher, He is God in flesh. And He isn't only the picture of the everlasting, but also the relatable, particular man. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.

This is Week 15 of our series "The Kingdom Code" where we explore the core foundational doctrines and beliefs of the Christian faith. 

This week, we're looking at our 13th doctrine of the series, the Doctrine of the Incarnation.

The Incarnation, simply put (If you couldn't even do that!) is that the very God who created everything and created us, saw us in our distress and came down and dwelled among and with us in order to save us. This is one of the most central and seismic moments about the Gospel story, and it's one we discussed more in depth in today's teaching. 

We hope and pray this pulls at your heart the way it pulled on our community's heart in the room that night. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.

This is Week Four of our series Rooted: What Christians Believe. At the time in our church life, we believed that a fresh look at Christian Doctrine was needed. We summarized some of the main Christian beliefs into 13 weeks of teaching. 

Week four centers around the idea of the Doctrine of the Trinity. On one level, it's very easy for a Christian to answer the question: Who is God? Jesus Christ. 
But ask another "Christian" who is God, and depending on their view of the Trinity, they might parse out that question differently, and according to the Nicene creed: wrongly. 

In this teaching, we discuss the Christian orthodox view of the Trinity: 
1. God is one divine being, and only one.
2. This one God is and has three divine, equal, distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 
3. All three of these co-equal persons are equally divine and co-authoritative.
4. There is no lesser God or person among them.

Here, I tackle some of the theological questions in the Christian faith by what we mean when we talk about God, and I also talk about some of the consequences of getting the Christian God wrong. 

Lastly, I discuss some practical aspects for our Christian life, that flow from our proper understanding of God as a Trinity.

Please let us know if anything inspired, illuminated, or challenged you!

Thank you for listening,
Peace to you.

This is the 14th week of a teachings series I began in 2024 for the young adults ministry of our church: Kingdom Young Adults. 

This week we discussed one of the most central doctrines of Christianity: Sin. 
Sin is Christianity's answer to what is wrong with the world. Modern psychology, sociology, and history all have answers they bring to bear upon life's greatest and most complicated questions. But Christianity does not look outside first, it looks within. It diagnoses the issue in a way uncomfortable and incompatible with most other fields. It addresses the innate sickness of the human heart and reveals the need for healing. Luckily for Christianity, this cancer of the heart, which turns all things inward upon itself, has a 100% curative record, if only accepted freely.

We began this teaching series entitled "The Kingdom Code" after a sense that what was missing in the young adult Christian landscape of modern American Christianity and specifically our own, was not so much the desire for Spirit-filled awakening and experience, but a deep abiding knowledge of the core foundational doctrines of our faith and a respectful attitude towards learning the tradition that came before us.

So "The Kingdom Code" is just that: 25 weeks of the core doctrinal beliefs that have carried the church since its inception. We'll be talking about doctrine, creation, scripture, salvation, sin, hell and eternity, and we'll talk about it together. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.

This is Week One of our series Rooted: What Christians Believe. At the time in our church life, we believed that a fresh look at Christian Doctrine was needed. We summarized some of the main Christian beliefs into 14 weeks of teaching. 

Week one centers around the idea of what doctrine is. There are questions that arise when doctrine is discussed, especially in evangelical and pentecostal circles. Questions like:
- Is doctrine man made? 
- Doesn't doctrine simply overcomplicate things?
- Do we need doctrine if we have the Word of God?

In this teaching, I liken doctrine to a trellis that helps us be connected to the vine of Jesus (Jn 15). I do my best to summarize the basic understanding of what doctrine is, what it does, and how it helps us grow in the right direction.

Please let us know if anything inspired, illuminated, or challenged you!

Thank you for listening,
Peace to you.

This is the tenth week of a teachings series I began in 2024 for the young adults ministry of our church: Kingdom Young Adults. 

This week we discussed one of the most complicated and argued problem facing the message of Christianity, the problem of evil. If God is so good, then why do bad things happen in the world. The doctrine of Sovereignty is not understood, and rarely called upon to answer some of life's toughest questions. In this week, we discussed the two major views on sovereignty, and a third and more Biblical way of approaching the sovereignty of God. We pray this blesses you if you have been walking through a difficult season and to know that you can trust the Rock of your salvation.

We began this teaching series entitled "The Kingdom Code" after a sense that what was missing in the young adult Christian landscape of modern American Christianity and specifically our own, was not so much the desire for Spirit-filled awakening and experience, but a deep abiding knowledge of the core foundational doctrines of our faith and a respectful attitude towards learning the tradition that came before us.

So "The Kingdom Code" is just that: 25 weeks of the core doctrinal beliefs that have carried the church since its inception. We'll be talking about doctrine, creation, scripture, salvation, sin, hell and eternity, and we'll talk about it together. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.

This is the seventh week of a teachings series I began in 2024 for the young adults ministry of our church: Kingdom Young Adults. 

This seventh week peels back the layers of one of the most wide reaching, but often misunderstood doctrines of the Christian faith: the Character of God. Though the character of God may not fit neatly into a one sentence doctrinal statement, the Bible gives such a kaleidoscopic display of God's character, especially when directing Exodus 34. Christianity believes that God is not just eternal in name, but also in character. What iis true for God's name is true for his character. Compassion, Mercy, grace, boundless love, forgiveness, and justice are essential hallmarks, not peripheral, but central to understanding God rightly. 

We began this teaching series entitled "The Kingdom Code" after a sense that what was missing in the young adult Christian landscape of modern American Christianity and specifically our own, was not so much the desire for Spirit-filled awakening and experience, but a deep abiding knowledge of the core foundational doctrines of our faith and a respectful attitude towards learning the tradition that came before us.

So "The Kingdom Code" is just that: 25 weeks of the core doctrinal beliefs that have carried the church since its inception. We'll be talking about doctrine, creation, scripture, salvation, sin, hell and eternity, and we'll talk about it together. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.

This is the fifth week of a teachings series I began in 2024 for the young adults ministry of our church: Kingdom Young Adults. 

This fifth week peels back the layers of one of the most foundational, yet complex doctrines in Christianity: the doctrine of the Trinity. What does it mean that God is three in One? Where can we go wrong when thinking about this? How does this affect our daily Christian lives?

We began this teaching series entitled "The Kingdom Code" after a sense that what was missing in the young adult Christian landscape of modern American Christianity and specifically our own, was not so much the desire for Spirit-filled awakening and experience, but a deep abiding knowledge of the core foundational doctrines of our faith and a respectful attitude towards learning the tradition that came before us.

So "The Kingdom Code" is just that: 25 weeks of the core doctrinal beliefs that have carried the church since its inception. We'll be talking about doctrine, creation, scripture, salvation, sin, hell and eternity, and we'll talk about it together. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.

This is week seven of our series entitled: The Hopeful Minority, where we journey through the letter of 1st Peter. The Apostle Peter writes his epistle to the scattered Christian churches of Asia Minor, and his message is loud and clear: Be strengthened with an eternal Hope, while you actively subvert the empire around you.

In chapter 3, we see Peter speak to a few things that help Christians with their outward witness to non-believers who are seeking the truth: 
- Our behavior
- Our testimony 
- Our example in suffering

These three actions make a witness for non-believers to the truth of the Christian message. We too, should be challenged and encouraged to remember how our behavior, testimony and example in suffering may lead someone to Christ.

Please let us know if anything reached out to you, or challenged you!

Thank you for listening,
Peace to you.

This is the fourth week of a teachings series I began in 2024 for the young adults ministry of our church: Kingdom Young Adults. 

This fourth week launches into the second doctrine of Holy Scripture, and the many facets, narrative story, design patterns, and utility of the Bible as the Word of God in our lives.

We began this teaching series entitled "The Kingdom Code" after a sense that what was missing in the young adult Christian landscape of modern American Christianity and specifically our own, was not so much the desire for Spirit-filled awakening and experience, but a deep abiding knowledge of the core foundational doctrines of our faith and a respectful attitude towards learning the tradition that came before us.

So "The Kingdom Code" is just that: 25 weeks of the core doctrinal beliefs that have carried the church since its inception. We'll be talking about doctrine, creation, scripture, salvation, sin, hell and eternity, and we'll talk about it together. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.